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The Zouave Drill Book

Full title: "Zouave Drill Book. French Bayonet Exercise and Skirmisher;s Drill, as used by Col. Ellsworth's Zouaves, with over Thirty Illustrations. To Which is Added a Portrait and Biography of the Late Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth." Printed by King &...

GLC00433

Civil War letters and covers [decimalized]

GLC00434

to James McGuire

Written in pencil. Informs McGuire that he encountered an enslaved person who declared that he was running away. Suggests where McGuire might look for the enslaved person, and asks that he "say nothing that I told you."

GLC00434.02

to Mary Hollett

Written by Hollett, a member of the 75th Ohio, to his sister Mary. Written in pencil on patriotic stationery with "Secession Web" envelope, and note on small piece of paper. Discusses fighting in West Virginia. Letter does not list the location from...

GLC00434.03

to A. Bucklin

Discusses boring garrison duty. Writes: "I have no hardship to endure. What troubles me most is the contempt I feel for the tomfooleries we have to go through with."

GLC00434.04

to a friend

Discusses the Vicksburg campaign, the assault on Fort Pemberton, and burials. Also mentions the fleet running past Vicksburg.

GLC00434.05

[Continental Congress appointments for Massachusetts]

Document attested to by Massachusetts Secretary of State Avery. Announces the men chosen as delegates to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts for the following year. Lists John Hancock, John Adams, Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge...

GLC00436

Treaty for the Release of Prisoners of War upon their parole, and for their eventual exchange, concluded at Whitehall. U.S.

Cosigned by Robert McDouall for the British. General Dearborn, commander of the Northern Department of U.S. forces, and Captain Robert McDouall, aid de camp to the Governour in chief of Canada arranged this treaty for prisoner exchanges during the...

GLC00437

[Robert E. Lee]

A reworked Brady daguerreotype (original from1851); republished by Brendann Brothers. This carte de visite depicts General Robert E. Lee in uniform (uniform was painted on). See Turner's "Even More Confederate Faces" p.16. With stamp on verso: "Jas...

GLC00439

A treatise on field fortification, containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications

Signed by Pendleton in May 1861 on front pastedown. Written by D.H. Mahan, professor of military and civil engineering at West Point. Second edition, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam in 1846.

GLC00440

to William N. Pendleton

Written to his father, General Pendleton. Describes an expedition to Winchester, Virginia, but writing is interrupted by battle. Discusses the destruction of railroads.

GLC00441

to Emily J. Semmes

Advises his wife on how to address letters to him and tells her she must not write anything that will attract the attention of the Yankees, should they intercept the letters. Refers to his previous letter (possibly GLC00175). Discusses mail...

GLC00442

to David Emanuel Twiggs

Smith, a Major in the Confederate Corps of Engineers, discusses the defenses of New Orleans with Twiggs, Commander of the District of Louisiana. States "Our personal examination and instrumental reconnaissance of the vicinity of N. O., with the view...

GLC00443

to John G. Walker

The letter discusses the stay of execution of a soldier. Writes that he has applied to Confederate General Kirby Smith to send an engineer to assist with building defensive works on the rivers. Mentions the affair of Brigadier General Jean J. A. A...

GLC00444

Letter and plan for purchasing powder magazine for Georgia [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00446

to Joseph E. Brown

Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a plan and specifications for a powder magazine, with estimated costs. Advises that the magazine will hold 1250 barrels of 100 pounds of powder and that it was requested from Mr. E.J. Dupont de Nemours & Co...

GLC00446.01

Plan and elevation of a magazine 18 x 26 feet on the floor x 10 foot high for E.J. Du Pont & co

Drawing of the plan and elevation of a powder magazine made for E.J. DuPont Nemours & Co. of Delaware. Lists dimensions as "18 x 26 Feet on the Floor x 10 Feet high for E.J. DuPont & Co./Capacity 5220 kegs." Includes sketch of a full size floor pin...

GLC00446.02

Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America...

Containing the Bill of rights. This copy annotated by Assoc. Supreme Court Justice William Cushing; Collation: pi A-B4 C4(-C4)D-Z4 2A1 2B-2C4. With adverts. First 8vo edition and first unofficial edition of Acts passed at a Congress. Cushing's...

GLC00447

Printed letter signed re: invasion & defense of Virginia

Circular notice signed as Governor of Virginia concerning Benedict Arnold's invasion of Va. and defense measures. Addressed to Berkeley County. Mentions musters for militia and required supplies. Lined on verso.

GLC00448

Letters from Sumner to Frederick Douglass [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00470

to Frederick Douglass

Sumner, a Senator from Massachusetts tried the previous day to locate Douglass at his office, but was too late. Writes "I beg to talk with you about the Republican party & its perils to which I fear you are not sufficiently sensible... Pray don't...

GLC00470.01

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James, Isaac, John W., and Lewis Back].

All members of the same family.

GLC00472

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John C. Crosby].

GLC00477.01

Quit claim deed

Cosigned by Harding's wife Florence. Countersigned by Charles F. Pace and Eugene Colwell as witnesses. Pace signs twice as Notary Public of the United States Senate. Also signed by Auditor Harry E. Mason, citing the 6 April 1918 transfer of this...

GLC00477.04

[Land bond to increase acreage at Mount Vernon]

Cosigned by Robert Alexander. Washington refers to himself in the third person seven times. Alexander wants to sell 300 acres of Maryland land his wife inherited from her father to George Washington. Washington hoped to exchange the plot with Thomas...

GLC00479